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Alvadee Hutton Adams
Birth Name:Alvadee Eugenia Hutton
Birth Date:June 15, 1917
Birth Place:Forman, North Dakota, U.S.
Death Date:August 11, 2003
Death Place:Mercer Island, Washington, U.S.
Occupation:Journalist, editor

Alvadee Eugenia Hutton Adams (June 15, 1917 – August 11, 2003) was an American journalist and editor. She was editor of U.S. Lady beginning in 1956, a free monthly magazine for women in the military and military wives.

Early life and education

Hutton was born in Forman, North Dakota, and raised in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania,[1] [2] the daughter of Frank Zinn Hutton and Carrie May Sloat Hutton.[3] Her father was a soil scientist in the lumber industry.[4] She graduated from Temple University in 1940. She earned a master's degree in journalism at Columbia University in 1941. She was later vice-president of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni association.[5]

Career

Hutton worked as a waitress on cruise ships during her college years, and became familiar with Latin America from these summer travels.[6] She was awarded a Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship in Journalism to report from Latin America. During the term of her fellowship, she met her husband, fellow journalist John B. Adams.

In 1956, Adams became editor of U.S. Lady magazine, a monthly publication for military women and military wives,[7] published by her husband.[8] [9] In this role, she traveled widely, visiting American military bases and attending international conferences.[10] [11] [12] She was a member of the National Press Club, the Overseas Press Club, and the American Newspaper Women's Club. In her later working life, she was involved in publications for Prince George's County Public Schools in Maryland. She retired in 1979, and moved to the Pacific Northwest to be near family.

Publications

Personal life

Hutton married John Bucher Adams in 1942, in Rio de Janeiro. They had two daughters, Alice[16] and Abigail, both born in Alexandria, Virginia. Her husband died in 1968,[17] and Adams died in 2003, at the age of 86, in Mercer Island, Washington, from complications of Alzheimer's disease.[18]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.org/details/sim_americas_1952-05_4_5/page/2/mode/2up?q=Alvadee "Contributors"
  2. News: 1935-05-31 . 73 Seniors Will Win Diplomas at New Cumberland . 2024-05-08 . Harrisburg Telegraph . 14 . Newspapers.com.
  3. News: 1941-05-06 . County Girl Wins Pulitzer Award . 2024-05-08 . The Sentinel . 5 . Newspapers.com.
  4. News: 1942-04-05 . Without Dramatic Struggle . 2024-05-08 . The Philadelphia Inquirer . 74 . Newspapers.com.
  5. January 1964 . Dr. Perkins Retires After 33 Years with State . Department of State Newsletter . 33 . 50 . Internet Archive.
  6. News: 1938-10-21 . Travels 25,000 Miles on Sea as Steamship Waitress . 2024-05-08 . The Evening News . 10 . Newspapers.com.
  7. News: Trohan . Walter . 1962-08-01 . Report from Washington . 2024-05-08 . Chicago Tribune . 1 . Newspapers.com.
  8. https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1956-03-10_89_11/page/50/mode/2up?q=Alvadee "Mr. and Mrs. Adams to Publish U.S. Lady"
  9. Book: Alvah, Donna . Unofficial Ambassadors: American Military Families Overseas and the Cold War, 1946-1965 . 2007-04-01 . NYU Press . 978-0-8147-0754-8 . en.
  10. News: 1963-08-28 . Magazine Officials Visit Travis AFB . 2024-05-08 . The Napa Valley Register . 26 . Newspapers.com.
  11. Etter, Betty. "People and Places" OPC Bulletin 12(2)(1967): 8. via Internet Archive.
  12. https://archive.org/details/OPC_of_America_Bulletin_19631102.pdf/page/6/mode/2up?q=Alvadee "People and Places"
  13. Hutton, Alvadee E. "The Dog Star and its Unique Companion" Popular Astronomy 47(10)(December 1939): 576-578. via Internet Archive
  14. Adams, Alvadee. "Lepers' Children: Eunice Weaver Spearheads Brazil's Battle Against an Ancient Scourge" Americas 4(5)(May 1952): 16-19, 28. via Internet Archive
  15. News: Adams . Alvadee . 1953-11-03 . U.S. Wheat Licks Red Propaganda in Pakistan, Nation of 80 Million . 2024-05-08 . The Herald . 10 . Newspapers.com.
  16. News: 1946-12-26 . Baby is Their Big News . 2024-05-08 . The Kansas City Times . 1 . Newspapers.com.
  17. News: 1968-03-22 . Obituary for John B. Adams . 2024-05-08 . The Tampa Tribune . 54 . Newspapers.com.
  18. News: 2003-08-13 . Alvadee Eugenia Hutton Adams . 2024-05-08 . Times-Press-Recorder . Newspapers.com. 5.

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